How much Ammo

[Caseless]

Load up all the mags. No need to count rounds.

[Nick Justice]

See sig.

[rockman]

I typically take 600 rds 45, 150 rds 40, 200 rds 9mm. All are in my locked ammo box. I shoot only what I feel comfortable with. Depends on my mind set, how much time I choose to spend at the range, etc. I reload, so shooting is a lot less expensive that if I had to purchase ammo at todays inflated prices.

[ralph.garmin]

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[maylebox]

Rifle, 150 rds of 22 and/or 100 rds of 223

Pistol 50-150 rds 22 and 100-150 of centerfire 9, 40, 45

Revolver 50-75 rds of 357 or 44 mag

[Leadingall]

I recently started reloading so naturally I've increased how much I actually shoot to support my "brass habit"

[John Joseph]

Depends on which range I'm going to and which calibers I'm shooting. I'll never shoot more than two different calibers on a range day.
My current discipline is:
.22LR----only shoot what I can replace.
.38SPL---25 rounds on the old SO qualification course alternating with a "roll my own" combat course.
.45ACP---35 rounds. Five magazines full.
.44MAG--20 rounds (long range hunting type shots with full power hunting loads)

If I'm training for a competition, it's 30, 60, or 90 rounds (with a whole lot of dry firing) depending on where I am in my training program.

[Dutchrollmode]

Luckily I met a really smart shooter about a year and a half ago who showed me the error of my ways. With snap caps, failure drills and shot timers I learned and improved SOOOOO much it isnt even funny.

Questions for you geoint:

1. What are snap caps?
2. Failure drills? Is this where you analyze the target after shooting?
3. Shot timers? To save ammo?

Thanks in advanced.

[Dutchrollmode]

I've been to indoor ranges perhaps a dozen times in my life. I've been at a shotgun range less than that.

I never remember shooting so much as some of you guys. Do you guys have lives?! (Just kidding.) But really, I remember shooting maybe a couple mags for the hand gun and a maybe at couple targets for the long guns. Perhaps it was because I was using gear and ammo which wasn't my own.

Which brings me to another somewhat subjective question. If I am to enter this hobby, realistically how much ammo am I going to burn up if I am a moderate user ie. a guy who just wants to hone handgun skills and keep those skills maintained at a decent level?

I was planning on shooting 30-50 rounds each go at the range, maybe realistically s handful of times a year. Comments?

[003]

Once a week, every Thursday afternoon. 100 rounds of .22LR, and 100 rounds of center fire pistol, either .9MM or .45acp. On rare occassions, 10MM and or .38 special/.357 magnum.

[BigPimping]

I love my son in law but when it comes to shooting he gets slap happy. he thinks nothing of shoot my M1 30-06 ammo as fast as he can pull the trigger.
he shoots everything he has and that is it. Me a shoot maybe 20-30 rounds of a couple of rifles and i am done for the day.

Agreed. I will buy maybe 300, shoot 50 and stash the rest.